• 대한간호학회지
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.976-985
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• 2007

Purpose: The aim of this study was to identify the present situation of hospital infection and route of infection by clarifying the transmission aspect of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) in a Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit by analysing genotype. Methods: MRSA was cultured from twenty five patients with a tracheostomy, twenty five health care workers, and environments in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit of one hospital in D city. Data was collected from December 21, 2004 to November 5, 2005. MRSA isolates representing each genotype were analyzed by spaA typing and a multiplex PCR method capable of identifying the structural type of the staphylococcal cassette chromosome mec(SCCmec) carried by the bacteria. Results: As the same genotype and gene sequence were found among health care workers, patients, and environments, it was assumed that there was cross transmission among them. Conclusion: This study suggests that first, as the hospital infection by MRSA between health care workers and patients in the Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit was due to result of cross transmission and the relevance of transmission between them was verified, it is necessary to take preventive measures and conduct education. Secondly, development of nursing interventions and study of infection are needed. Thirdly, consistent investment in prevention against hospital infections and environmental renovation is needed.

• 대한가정학회지
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• 제38권1호
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• pp.171-183
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• 2000

The purposes of this study were to identify the needs for the employer-supported day care service and to analyze the factors related to the needs for the day care service of the married employees. KLFI(1995)'s National data were used and three Logistic models and one Catmod model were employed to analyse the effects of the independent variables on the needs for the day care service. The results of this study were as follows: First, half of employed workers needed the employer-supported child care service. Second, they preferred the day care center near their residential area than in their work site. Third, according to their age, type of occupation, and their difficulties for the childcare and household work, employed men and women needs on site day care differently. Finally, their needs for the expenditure of duty care service differed by their age, sex, and occupation, and their levels of difficulties for the childcare and household work. These findings suggest that duty care service for the employed man and woman are supported diversely according to their needs and preferences.

• 한국학교ㆍ지역보건교육학회지
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.79-89
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• 2015

Objectives: This study aims to examine the effect of psychological capital on turnover intension and job satisfaction by aged care facility workers. Methods : Samples were obtained from 147 aged care facility workers in one county of Kyungsangbukdo. The study conducted a correlation and a regression analysis to learn how psychological capital (self-efficacy, hope, optimism, resilience) would affect turnover intension and job satisfaction. Results : First, age and marital status turned out to have a positive (+) influence on job satisfaction which would be negative (-) affected by tenure of office. Second, hope, sub-variable of Psychological Capital, affected a negative (-) influence on turnover intension. Third, resilience, sub-variable of Psychological Capital, affected a positive(+) influence on job satisfaction. Conclusions: It is suggested to develop the psychological capital of aged care facility workers, effective welfare system and educational program are required for better job satisfaction.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제20권11호
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• pp.569-580
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• 2020

본 연구 목적은 요양보호사의 긍정심리자본이 종사자 열의에 미치는 영향에서 직무 스트레스의 매개 영향을 실증적으로 분석하였다. 연구방법은 수도권 소재 노인요양시설에 근무하는 요양보호사를 대상으로 2018년 12월 10일부터 2019년 1월 11일까지 설문조사한 자료 383건을 AMOS 22.0으로 분석한 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 긍정심리자본이 직무스트레스에 미치는 영향은 부적인 것으로 나타났다. 둘째, 긍정심리자본이 종사자 열의에 미치는 영향은 정적인 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 직무스트레스가 종사자 열의에 미치는 영향은 부적인 것으로 나타났다. 넷째, 직무스트레스는 긍정심리자본과 종사자 열의 관계에서 부분 매개 효과가 있는 것으로 나타났다. 이는 요양보호사의 긍정심리자본은 직무스트레스에 부적인 영향을 미치며, 또한 직무 스트레스를 매개하여 종사자 열의에 정적인 매개효과가 있는 것을 의미한다.

• Safety and Health at Work
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.9-16
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• 2024

Background: E-waste workers in Hong Kong are handling an unprecedented amount of e-waste, which contains various neurotoxic chemicals. However, no study has been conducted to evaluate the neurological health status of e-waste workers in Hong Kong. This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of neurobehavioral alterations and to identify the vulnerable groups among Hong Kong e-waste workers. Methods: We recruited 109 Hong Kong e-waste workers from June 2021 to September 2022. Participants completed standard questionnaires and wore a GENEActiv accelerometer for seven days. Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index and Questionnaire 16/18 (Q16/18) were used to assess subjective neurobehavioral alterations. The GENEActiv data generated objective sleep and circadian rhythm variables. Workers were grouped based on job designation and entity type according to the presumed hazardous level. Unconditional logistic regression models measured the associations of occupational characteristics with neurobehavioral alterations after adjusting for confounders. Results: While dismantlers/repairers and the workers in entities not funded by the government were more likely to suffer from neurotoxic symptoms in Q18 (adjusted odds ratio: 3.18 [1.18-9.39] and 2.77 [1.10-7.46], respectively), the workers from self-sustained recycling facilities also have poor performances in circadian rhythm. Results also showed that the dismantlers/repairers working in entities not funded by the government had the highest risk of neurotoxic symptoms compared to the lowest-risk group (i.e., workers in government-funded companies with other job designations). Conclusion: This timely and valuable study emphasizes the importance of improving the working conditions for high-risk e-waste workers, especially the dismantlers or repairers working in facilities not funded by the government.

• 한국콘텐츠학회논문지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.234-242
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• 2013

2007년 노인장기요양보험법이 제정되었고 이 법은 질병 및 장애가 있는 노인들에 대한 요양비용을 사회구성원들이 함께 부담하는 체계를 구축하여 노인 및 그 가족구성원의 삶의 질을 향상시키는데 그 목적이 있다. 노인장기요양보험제를 실현하기 위해 요양보호사제도가 마련되었다. 요양보호사란 거동이 불편한 노인을 시설에서 돌보거나 또는 노인이 거주하는 가정을 방문하여 보호활동을 벌이는 사람들을 말한다. 그런데 최근 발표된 국가인권위원회의 조사에 의하면 요양보호사들의 근무환경이 매우 열악한 것으로 드러났다. 저임금, 포괄임금의 남용, 장기간 근로, 인력배치기준 및 휴게시설 미비, 요양보호서비스 이외의 노무제공, 수급자에 의한 성희롱 등의 문제가 있는 것으로 나타난 것이다. 인구의 고령화가 빠른 속도로 진행되고 있고 노인들에 대한 요양보호의 중요성과 요양보호사들의 역할이 증대되고 있는 상황을 고려한다면 이들의 업무환경에 대한 개선이 절실히 필요하다. 이러한 견지에서 이 논문은 국가인권위원회가 발표한 자료를 바탕으로 노동인권의 측면에서 요양보호사들이 겪고 있는 문제점들을 살펴보고 효과적인 개선방안에 대해 논의 해본다. 결국 요양보호사들이 직면한 문제들을, 정부의 철저한 관리 감독과 요양보호사의 처우 개선 그리고 수급자의 인식 개선 등을 통해 바로잡는다면 더 나은 노동환경에서 요양보호사들이 질 높은 서비스를 제공할 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제18권11호
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• pp.559-569
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• 2020

본 연구는 요양병원 요양보호사의 작업환경, 심리적 업무요구, 피로도, 근골격계 증상의 관계를 파악하고 근골격계 증상에 미치는 영향요인을 규명하기 위해 시도되었다. 연구방법은 S시에 소재한 3곳의 요양병원에 근무하는 요양보호사 128명을 대상으로 2020년 4~5월까지 설문 조사하였다. 연구결과 요양병원 요양보호사의 근골격계 증상은 어깨, 손/손목/손가락, 허리 세 부분에 대한 증상발생빈도, 증상지속기간, 통증의 강도를 합한 값으로 42점 만점에 평균 11.41±9.50점으로 나타났다. 요양병원 요양보호사의 근골격계 증상에 미치는 영향요인을 규명하기 위해 회귀분석을 실시한 결과 근무병동(β=.18, p=.034)과 심리적 업무요구(β=.21, p=.013), 피로도(β=.25, p=.003)가 근골격계 증상에 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났으며, 이들 3개 변수는 근골격계 증상에 대하여 21.6%의 설명력을 보였다(F=6.87, p<.001). 본 연구결과를 바탕으로 요양병원 요양보호사들의 근골격계 증상을 감소시키기 위해서는 담당하는 환자의 중증도를 고려하여 심리적 업무요구와 피로도를 줄일 수 있는 중재프로그램 개발 및 적용이 필요하다.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제22권11호
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• pp.105-110
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• 2017

This paper is to research the difference of care workers' role in Sanatorium between urban and rural areas. Interviews have been conducted with 100 care managers with structured questionnaires in community care settings. The findings of the study are as follows. In the analysis of working with carers a care manager acting as a counsellor in rural was required rather more than any other role in working with clients' carers. In working with formal and informal networks, an administrative specialist role was also important in both areas. With resource management, there were some regional variances between rural and urban. In the urban area, a care managers as a coordinator was more required than as a broker. In the rural area, a care manager as a broker, selecting service resources for elderly clients was the most suitable role. In conclusion, in general rural care managers' roles were similar to those of many core managers in urban area. Among the many possible roles of care managers that effective continuity of care is to be provided for elderly clients in community care, two have been specified as essential roles. The first is the role of care managers that provides coordination and integration of services at the clients' levels as a care manager as an implementer, a linkman, counsellor. The second is at the system level which is possible role for coordination and linkage of programs as a characteristics of care managers, task with formal & informal network, community resources, available residential & NHS resourcesw.

• 가족자원경영과 정책
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• 제18권3호
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• pp.21-40
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• 2014

This qualitative study focused on the motives and patterns of child care leave by analyzing its facilitating and constraining factors. Fourteen participants were interviewed in-depth using non-structured interview questions. Motives for child care leave include mothers' active choice, mothers' inevitable secondary choice, and mothers' instrumental choice. The patterns of child care leave in terms of total period, time, and distribution vary according to individual circumstances and occupational culture surrounding child care leave for female workers. Female workers will occasionally use this child care leave as a rare opportunity to take a rest during their labor lifecycle and to achieve work-family balance.

• 디지털융복합연구
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• 제14권10호
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• pp.71-81
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• 2016

본 연구의 목적은 서비스 공급자로서 재가요양서비스를 제공하고 있는 요양보호사의 서비스에 대한 평가를 통해 서비스 품질 개선 방안을 찾는 것이다. 이를 위해 부산에서 활동 중인 요양보호사 223명을 대상으로 직무 환경, 서비스 기관에 대한 평가, 재교육 등에 대한 내용을 중심으로 설문조사를 실시하였다. 조사결과 요양보호사는 학력은 낮지 않으나 연령대가 높고 불안정한 고용형태를 가진 이가 대다수였다. 더 나은 요양서비스를 위해 희망하는 슈퍼비전 내용은 서비스 이용자와의 관계성, 이용자 욕구 변화에 따른 대처 등이었다. 우선적으로 필요한 재교육 내용은 노년기 및 노인 가족에 대한 이해, 노인성 질환에 대한 보건 의료적 지식, 이용자 및 가족과의 상담기법 등으로 나타났다. 그리고 건강보험공단 등에 바라는 것은 이용자와 보호자의 인식 개선, 급여 인상, 그리고 전문성 강화 위한 교육 기회 확대 등이었다. 이상의 연구결과를 통해 요양보호서비스 향상을 위한 방안으로 서비스 공급구조적 측면에서의 개선과 요양보호사와 업무에 대한 인식개선, 적절한 슈퍼비전과 재교육 기회 제공 등을 제안하였다.